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'''''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''''' is the second of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It will be released on [[13 December]] [[2013]] in North America. It will have been preceded by ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' in [[2012]] and will be followed by ''[[The Hobbit: There and Back Again]]'' in [[2014]].

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'''''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''''' is the second of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It will be released on [[13 December]] [[2013]] in North America. It will have been preceded by ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]'' in [[2012]] and will be followed by ''[[The Hobbit: There and Back Again|There and Back Again]]'' in [[2014]].

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==Synopsis==

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A plot description for ''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' has not yet been released.

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{{Blockquote|The second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.|[[Warner Bros.]]}}

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|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Packing the Dwarves.jpg|[[Barrels Out of Bond]]

|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Packing the Dwarves.jpg|[[Barrels Out of Bond]]

|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo in the Lonely Mountain.jpg|Bilbo in the [[Lonely Mountain]]

|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo in the Lonely Mountain.jpg|Bilbo in the [[Lonely Mountain]]

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The second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.—Warner Bros.